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Antibiotic-Resistant Corynebacterium jeikeium Urinary Tract Infection in a Cat

From the Departments of Clinical Sciences (Puskar, Vaden, Birkenheuer) and Molecular Biomedical Sciences (Lemons, Papich), College of Veterinary Medicine, North Carolina State University, 4700 Hillsborough Street, Raleigh, North Carolina 27606.

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A 10-year-old, castrated male, domestic longhaired cat with a history of urinary tract disease and perineal urethrostomy was presented for evaluation of persistent urinary tract inflammation. Prior to referral, diphtheroid organisms had been cultured from a urine sample obtained by cystocentesis, and they were interpreted as sample contamination. Subsequent urine culture and gene sequencing identified Corynebacterium jeikeium, which was resistant to antibiotics and appeared to be the cause of the urinary tract infection.